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About Shelgaon Village

Shelgaon is a mid sized village in Shegaon tehsil, in the district of Buldana, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 593, made up of 318 males and 275 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 865 females per 1000 males. The village covers 273.87 hectares hectares.

Shelgaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shelgaon village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Buldana
Tehsil Shegaon
Area (hectares) 273.87 hectares
Population 593
Male Population 318
Female Population 275
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 865
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Shelgaon compares

By the 2011 count Shelgaon is the 54th largest of the 67 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,439 residents. Its 273.87 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 930.

Getting to Shelgaon

Shelgaon is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Shelgaon as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Shelgaon from other places

Shelgaon lies about 61 km from Buldana. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Shelgaon
Tehsil headquarters Shegaon under 2 km
District headquarters Buldana 61 km

Villages closest to Shelgaon

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Shegaon tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

Common questions about Shelgaon

As per the Census of India 2011, Shelgaon village had a population of 593. That makes it the 54th largest of the 67 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,439 residents.

Shelgaon village has 318 males and 275 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shelgaon has about 865 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 930.

Shelgaon covers 273.87 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Shelgaon falls under Shegaon tehsil of Buldana district in Maharashtra.

The census record for Shelgaon notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Shelgaon.

Shelgaon is about 61 km from Buldana in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shelgaon is in Shegaon tehsil of Buldana district. Shegaon is about under 2 km away. Buldana is about 61 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Shegaon (under 2 km), Alasana (4.6 km) and Chincholi Karfarma (4.9 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Shelgaon today is likely to be higher.

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